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Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
grúfa f (genitive singular grúfu, no plural)
- used in set phrases
Declension
Declension of grúfa (sg-only feminine)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Norse grúfa (“to grovel”).
Verb
grúfa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative grúfði, supine grúft or grúfað)
- to grovel
Derived terms
Old Norse
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Germanic *kreupaną (“to twist, creep”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
grúfa f
- used in set phrases
Derived terms
Verb
grúfa
- to grovel, to cower or crouch down
Descendants